Billie Eilish is making a passionate plea to her followers about voting.
The 20-year-old celebrity singer took to Instagram on Saturday (Nov. 5) to encourage her 106 million followers to vote earlier than Election Day on Tuesday (Nov. 8).
“I wish to clarify why I’m voting this yr and the way vital I feel it’s you for vote to,” Eilish says within the video. “Our rights, our freedoms, and our futures are on the road, and if we don’t present up, there’s a good probability we are going to see a nationwide ban on abortion, with no exceptions.”
The artist added, “In addition they wanna take away the liberty to marry who we love, prohibit voting rights, and enact legal guidelines that threaten the progress that have to be made on local weather change… It scares me.”
Eilish’s caption included a hyperlink to BallotReady, which assists with polling places and different voting data.
On Nov. 8, she is going to participate within the 2022 #iVoted Competition, with the Election Day webcast additionally that includes performances by Run the Jewels, CNCO, Rise In opposition to, The Revivalists, OK Go, Lake Road Dive and greater than 400 different artists.
Earlier this yr, Eilish partnered with HeadCount, a non-partisan voter engagement group, to get her followers voting within the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Throughout her profession, she has additionally aligned with organizations together with International Citizen’s Simply Vote, Deliberate Parenthood, and iHeartMedia’s Why I’m Voting.
“The one manner to make certain of the long run is to make it ourselves, which is why we should vote on or earlier than Nov. 8,” she stated in her video on Saturday. “Please promise me you’ll make a plan to vote. Let’s present them what our energy appears to be like like.”
Watch Eilish’s message to followers about voting on Instagram beneath.
